Test 3 · ★ · Russian Folk-Tales, The Soldier and the Warlock: the Soldi…

Bro, how did the soldier even know how to beat him?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · What happens: know, beat · To what, where: him · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 479 «Russian Folk-Tales, The Soldier and the Warlock: the Soldier burns the wicked Warlock and the village is saved.» of the books course of Mova's primary school. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: the test at school.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Bro	bro	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 know	vocative
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 know	punct
3	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	8 know	advmod
4	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 know	aux
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 soldier	det
6	soldier	soldier	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	obj
7	even	even	ADV	_	8 know	advmod
8	know	know	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
9	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	11 beat	advmod
10	to	to	PART	_	11 beat	mark
11	beat	beat	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 know	ccomp
12	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 beat	obj
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 know	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	know	past · do-support						Bro vocative	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
2	beat	to-infinitive		him = he					vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location he=Theme

One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

The Warlock was bragging about his maggot and the soldier listened closely

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Warlock	det
2	Warlock	Warlock	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 bragging	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 bragging	aux
4	bragging	brag	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	about	about	ADP	_	7 maggot	case
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 maggot	nmod:poss
7	maggot	maggot	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 bragging	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 listened	cc
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 soldier	det
10	soldier	soldier	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 listened	nsubj
11	listened	listen	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 bragging	conj
12	closely	closely	ADV	_	11 listened	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	brag speech: other	past · progressive	the Warlock					about Warlock's maggot	vn complain-37.8 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about maggot=Topic
2	listen	past	the soldier					closely property	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent

Option 2

He had secretly learned the Warlock's weakness from an old peasant woman in the village long before

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 learned	nsubj
2	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 learned	aux
3	secretly	secretly	ADV	_	4 learned	advmod
4	learned	learn	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Warlock	det
6	Warlock	Warlock	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 weakness	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 Warlock	case
8	weakness	weakness	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 learned	obj
9	from	from	ADP	_	13 woman	case
10	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 woman	det
11	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 woman	amod
12	peasant	peasant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 woman	amod
13	woman	woman	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 learned	obl
14	in	in	ADP	_	16 village	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 village	det
16	village	village	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 woman	nmod
17	long	long	ADV	Degree=Pos	18 before	advmod
18	before	before	ADV	_	4 learned	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	learn	past · perfect	He	the Warlock's weakness				from a old peasant woman in the village; before, secretly property	vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent weakness=Topic from woman=Source

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

The Warlock was bragging and he listened

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Warlock	det
2	Warlock	Warlock	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 bragging	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 bragging	aux
4	bragging	brag	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 listened	cc
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 listened	nsubj
7	listened	listen	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 bragging	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	brag speech: other	past · progressive	the Warlock						vn complain-37.8 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	listen	past	Warlock						vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent

Option 4

He tricked the Warlock with a riddle

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 tricked	nsubj
2	tricked	trick	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Warlock	det
4	Warlock	Warlock	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 tricked	obj
5	with	with	ADP	_	7 riddle	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 riddle	det
7	riddle	riddle	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 tricked	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	trick	past	He	the Warlock				with a riddle	vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent warlock=Patient

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